Improving the cellular coverage from a high altitude platform by novel tapered beamforming technique

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1721-1731

  Dessouky, M ^a   Sharshar, H ^a   Albagory, Y ^a  

^a Faculty of Electronic Engineering   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

CARRIER-TO-INTERFERENCE RATIO (CIR); GAUSSIAN FUNCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS (TDA); UNIFORM CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR ARRAYS (UCCA);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548732548     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939307781890996     Document Type: Article

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